Palestinian and Israeli Americans in the Tri-State Area are eagerly awaiting word that the Israel-Hamas ceasefire will begin Sunday.

The father of a New Jersey native who is being held hostage by Hamas is hopeful about the ceasefire deal announced Wednesday, even though he says his son will not be among the first wave of those released.

There is a sense of optimism among members of the Palestinian community in New Jersey that a peace settlement will begin this weekend, despite delays to the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas.

A federal prosecutor said that Karrem Nasr was inspired by Hamas’s Oct. 7 attacks to pursue “death and destruction.”

The tentative deal stirred hope for Israeli and American hostages but deep suspicion about bartering with Hamas after the Oct. 7 terror attack.

The hostages were released in a staged handover that saw them surrounded by Hamas gunmen and crowds of civilians.

We also want to caution that diplomacy doesn't end with the signing of a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, said a member of J Street.

Edan Alexander was seen on video in November and his parents were both pleased to see him alive, but saddened to see him as a captive.

A longtime New Jersey senator swimming against the current is getting panned by progressives for his comments on trans athletes in women's sports.

Rwanda-backed rebels have claimed they captured eastern Congo’s strategic city of Goma, the hub of a region containing trillions of dollars in mineral wealth that remains

Karrem Nasr, 24, a U.S. citizen who previously lived in Lawrenceville, pleaded guilty to attempting to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization, according to a release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office District of Southern New York.

Anti-Israel protesters graffitied the property of a New Jersey synagogue that was hosting a talk by an Israeli soldier, drawing condemnation from local officials. On Sunday morning, anti-Israel demonstrators gathered in front of Oheb Shalom Congregation in South Orange,